"The key to understanding the Bible is to look for Jesus in the Bible. Jesus is the hero of the Bible. If you read the Bible and don't find Jesus, re-read it! The Bible has one hero, His name is Jesus; one villain, that is Satan; one problem, that is sin; one solution, that is salvation. That is what the Bible is all about." -Dr. Adrian Rogers

Don't ever use the term "traditional marriage." Marriage is marriage. It is more than a tradition. It is a sacred institution designed, defined, established, and founded by God Himself. He has defined marriage as a covenant union between one man and one woman, for life. No matter how hard man my try, what God has defined in the beginning, no man can redefine.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

For the message of
the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing,

but to us who are
being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:18

I realize that I had promised to post about something else today, but I
really felt the Lord leading me to write about this particular subject instead.
Have you ever been so angry at sinners for doing what sinners do? I mean, have
you ever been so enraged that you just wanted to confront that person and say, “You’re
wrong!”? I have. However, God has taught me through His Word that confronting
such a person in such a manner will not do me or the other person a bit of
good.

The Bible says that “the message of the cross is foolishness to those who
are perishing” (1 Corinthians 1:18). To fully understand the meaning of that
verse, we first must understand what the message of the cross really is. Jesus
said in Luke 9:23, “If any man will come after me, let him
deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” The cross was
an instrument of death. It was meant for execution, for severe punishment and
cruelty. Therefore, when Jesus tells us to take up our crosses, He is saying
that we must be willing to die to ourselves—even being willing to lose our
physical lives, if necessary. This world does not like to hear that. They love
their sin, and they do not want to give it up.

I believe that it is possible for a person to fall so
in love with his own sin that he will go to the very ends of the earth itself
to justify it. Therefore we cannot reason with these people. The only way to
get through to them is to break the stronghold that Satan has on their lives.
And there is only one thing that can do that—the blood of Jesus.

We must show these people that they are sinners in
need of Savior. We must warn them that their sin can only lead to death, but
that Jesus can only lead to life eternal. We must invite them to repent of
their every sin and trust in Christ alone to save them. And we must let them
know that, if they will do that, He will save them and keep them saved forever.

It is only once a man has come to know Christ that he
can truly understand and appreciate the Law of God. Before, he only saw God’s
Word as a thick, dusty book designed to take all of the fun out of his life.
However, after he has come to Christ in repentance and faith, he can say with
Adrian Rogers and know it is true that “when God says, ‘Thou shall not,’ He is
only saying ‘don’t hurt yourself;’ and when God says, ‘Thou shalt,” He is
saying ‘help yourself to happiness.’”

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

The one major thing that has been all over the news lately is the movie
theater shooting that took place in Aurora, Colorado last Friday night. As we
were watching the story on the news last night, my mother said to me, “Wouldn’t
you hate to be his parents right now? Don’t you know everyone who sees them is
going to think, ‘Oh, your son is the one who shot all of those innocent
people’”? My response may shock you. I simply said, “Well, I think they should
be held responsible.”

Why do I think that his parents should be held responsible for a crime
that he has done? Proverbs 22:6 tells
me that if parents will “train up a child in the way he should
go…when he is old, he will not depart from it.” And because of that verse, I
believe that one’s parenting skills can be judged quite fairly by the actions
of his children.

Now I am going to say something that some may think
unfair: it is easier to come to an accurate conclusion about one’s parenting
skills based on a child’s poor and rebellious behavior than it is based on a
child’s good and honest behavior. Just because a child walks uprightly does not
mean that his parents do the same. However, whenever you come across a child
whose heart is full of rebellion, you will almost always find that one or both
of his parents failed to take to heart Proverbs 22:6.

While I am not married and I do not have any children
of my own, I have seen enough people my age ruin their lives to know a thing or
two about parenting. Several years ago, I began to look at the lives of people
I know, and I began to put two and two together. The ones whose parents let
them make their own choices about everything seemed to always get mixed up with
the wrong crowd. However, the ones whose parents sheltered and protected them
from all evil proved to be more than capable, mature adults when time came for
them to leave their parents’ nests.

Tomorrow, I will share with you what I believe to be the number one key to
fulfilling Proverbs 22:6; or, as Ray Comfort says, “bringing your child to
Christ and keeping him there.”

If you do not know Jesus Christ as Lord of your life, I invite you to do
so right now, before it is eternally too late for you. If you will repent of
your sins and trust Christ alone to save you, He will save you today and keep
you saved forever.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon a blog entitled If I Were My Mother, I'd Tell Myself...Every post is written in memory of this lady's mother, who she lost to cancer some months ago. It is truly an inspiring blog, and I highly recommend it. I especially liked yesterday's post: "Raise Yourself A Southern Belle." When you get the time, you really should check it out.

Monday, July 16, 2012

The other day someone said to me, “I am against abortion completely…unless
the life of the mother is in significant danger.” How is it that people can
call abortion murder in one scenario and then call it a lifesaving procedure in
another? Do they think that, because the child has not yet been born, God
values the life of the mother more than the life of the unborn child? Psalm
127:3 says, “Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.” God loves children, even
those who have not yet been born. It is not His will that even one be harmed
for any reason.

Suppose a mother and her young child are walking alone in a back alley.
All of a sudden, a masked man appears out of nowhere with a gun. The mother
quickly grabs her child, sticks him in front her, and says, “Here, shoot him
instead, but please let me live!” Even the most coldhearted criminal would not
have the least bit of sympathy for a woman who would do something like that.
Yet that is exactly what someone is advocating who says that abortion is
permissible as long as the life of the mother is in significant danger. The
fact that the child has not actually been born yet makes no difference. Who are
we to say that one life is more important than the other?

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggarwith baby Josie

Michelle Duggar was forty-three years old when she became pregnant with
her nineteenth child. I’m sure there are many doctors who would have suggested
to Michelle that she have an abortion due to her age and the fact that she has
a history of preeclampsia. However, I am very thankful that Michelle did not
listen to anyone who said such things. She went through with the pregnancy and
now is the mother to a very precious baby girl named Josie, who is perfect in
every way.

I suppose there are some who will say, “Well, what if both end up dying”?
We cannot see the future. And even if we could, murder is still murder. We are
to work as hard as we can to save both lives, and leave the rest up to God.

God is the only one with the power to give life and to take life. Jesus
said, “I am come that they might have life, and that they
might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). If you are reading this today and
you do not know Jesus as Lord of your life, you have not yet truly lived. Jesus
also said, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John
3:3). If you have not yet acknowledged Jesus Christ as Lord, I invite you to do
so today. And I promise you on the authority of the Word of God that, if you
will repent of your sin and trust Christ alone to save you, He will save you
today and keep you saved forever.

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Thank you so very much for reading my blog! My name is Tommy, and I am just an old-fashioned sinner saved by God's amazing grace. I've made so many foolish decisions in my lifetime, many of which I wish I could forget. However, I thank my God that He's not finished with me yet!

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Since this blog is a combination of what used to be two separate blogs, I have two missions when it comes to posting to this blog. If you are a Christian, my goal is to encourage you in your personal relationship with the Lord. And if you are anyone else, my goal is to help you realize your need for Him in your life.

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Say an Everlasting "Yes!" to Jesus Today

As mentioned before, I have a number of reasons for having this blog; however, my main goal is for those who do not know Jesus Christ as Lord to come to know Him before it is eternally too late for them. If you do not know Him personally, listen closely.

I often say that the ultimate reality of life is this: God created, I sinned against Him, and then Jesus Christ saved my sorry soul. If you are here today and think you do not need to be saved, you are sadly mistaken. Adrian Rogers said, "There is no one so good that he need not be saved; and there is no one so bad that he cannot be saved."

The Bible says in Romans 3:23 that "all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." If you have ever lied, stolen, or taken God's name in vain, you are guilty of sinning against the most high God. But it does not stop at that. Jesus said that even if we look with lust at another person, we have committed adultery in our heart--God even sees what others cannot. God is a holy and righteous Judge and will not let any who are guilty enter His Kingdom of Heaven.

This means that, if you have broken God's holy Law even once, you will be in big trouble come Judgment Day. However, two thousand years ago God made provision for you and me when He sent His one and only Son, Jesus Christ, to be born of a virgin and later die on an old, rugged cross for all the sins of the world. Friend, not only were you on His mind that day, but He was in your place.

Jesus died so that you may be set free--He took your punishment so that you would not have to. And if you will turn from your sin and trust in Christ alone to save you, He will save you today and keep you saved forever. So please say "no" to sin and an everlasting "yes" to Jesus, today!

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